Functions of Language

Question 1

Referential

Answer 1

Sharing information with an audience
- factual or objective
- usually declarative sentence

Question 2

Emotive

Answer 2

Expressing emotions and desires
- usually include interjections

Question 3

Conative

Answer 3

Directions, questions and commands
- aim to cause the addressee to react in some way
- texts intending to persuade audience

Question 4

Phatic

Answer 4

Create and maintain social connections with the addressee
- often to start of end a sentence

Question 5

Metalinguistic

Answer 5

Describes language itself. Such as using ‘nouns’ and ‘vowels’

Question 6

Poetic

Answer 6

Concerns beauty or wit